
SABBATH -SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
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yeason'did' the SaviOui
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, give as to why the
Pharisees had.
..erred? Matt. 22: 29.. Note 5..
14. From whom -does every gbod and perfect
come? "
is' God's ufichdrikeableriess .e4reSsed?'
James 1; 17. Note 6.
, ,
- Is. What has'God done
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for 'us?- By what are We be-
gOtten ? For what ptirpbSe?, Verse
Peter. I.23.
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Peter. I:23.- Note
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Notes
i. Among men there are clags distinctions, but all are one in
Christ Jesus. Christianity brings
up On the same level. The
true value of a man consists in moral worth. Character is what
the Lord considers ,of value.,, Christ•did.not. die for the
:
talented
and wealthy'only. He died
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for all. .All have equ'alOiiii3Ortunity
to be saved. The poor of this world, the ignorant, the downcast,
the downtrodden, the one of lowly rank, or humble circumstances,
though of
degree" 'in 'man's- sight,Ariay
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,be` of more
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value
in God's sight than the. gold ..of,
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Ophir.
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; 'the rich of this world;
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without noble aspirations, covetous,
and
.SeIfiSh. unless they, re
pent, may only be'as a'ivithereirbranck:':Vell; indeed, maY'siliCh
a one who.comes to himself, and seeks
;
the
lowliness
i
ot:
spirit, rejoice in that
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hiS. heart has:.beer'.brOlceri arid
humbled.
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2. Before' we receive
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the crown,.we riitigt be tested.
trial that the chaff is separated from
the
wheat. 'There must,be
battle-fields in every life. Fire and hammer and
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file
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are
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neces-
sary to give form to metal. So character is shaped and bright-
ened in trial. Those who faithfully endure the grinding, test-
ing process will receive the crown.
3: The word "hist" here means desire.: . The source of all
temtitation is in man himself. There maY be induceinerit to sin';
but there must be some inclination, some desire for it,
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to give
it power. If there were no desire, or appetite, for food, there
would be no temptation
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to eat even if it were placed
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before us.
The unrestrained man will be drawn along by his Own natural
propensities to sin. Power over the sin in his own fleshly
heart is the need of every
4.
The wages, or reward, of sin is not eternal life iri misery,
and unspeakable torture in the lake of fire; but it is
death,
the
second
death, in the "fire prepared for the devil and his angels."
The righteous receive the gift of God, eternal life; the wicked
the opposite, eternal death.
5.
Error is darkness. Truth is light. Ignorance of the Scrip-
tures and of the power of God is responsible for all the •error
and darkness that cover the earth, whether scientific or religious.